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Wholesale inflation surges to 3-year high — short homebuilders as borrowing costs climb
Inflation at the wholesale level just surged at the fastest pace in over three years due to the Iran war, and the European Central Bank has already raised interest rates to fight it.
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When central banks like the ECB raise interest rates, borrowing money becomes more expensive for regular people. This directly hits the housing market because fewer people can afford high mortgage rates to buy homes. With inflation hitting a multi-year high and the Iran war continuing to push energy costs up, rates are likely to stay high. This makes homebuilder stocks extremely vulnerable to a drop in new home sales.
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